STUDIES ON GONOCOCCUS INFECTION : IV. PILI: THEIR ROLE IN ATTACHMENT OF GONOCOCCI TO TISSUE CULTURE CELLS

Attachment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to amnion cells in tissue culture is facilitated if the gonococci bear pili. This has been determined by studying the number of pilated, colony type 2 gonococci associated with amnion cells after incubation in vitro as compared with the number of nonpilated, colo...

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Main Author: Swanson, John
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1973
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2139381/